My baby's position/my cervix wasn't that favourable at my last appointment on Wednesday so I was scheduled to have gels at 8pm (Sunday night) and 5am (Monday morning) and then waters broken at 8am - so giving me plenty of opportunity to get things going without further measures. I started getting light cramps at midnight, waters broke and had real contractions by 2am and delivered at 4:30am. I think things had changed between my last appointment and the gels because it seemed as thought I didn't need much assistance and I was off and racing!
With my DD i had Gels put in at around 8 pm, then went back down to the ward for a sleep. I woke at 3am am to go to the toilets and my waters broke, she arrived at 7:30am.
With DS1 i had gels administered at night, then settled down for the night, had gels again in the morning, still no action so had waters broken, then bang action quick and fast with him arriving 45 minutes later.
i had 3 lots of gel with DD, i wasnt dialated... not even close. My waters broke on their own after the 3rd dose and i didnt need any further induction.
i too had GD (insulin dependent) and was induced with gels at 39 weeks. i had the first lot put in at 3pm (20/01/09) which started a few mild contractions (nothing too bad) then another lot of gels put in at 10pm which ramped up the contractions but were still bearable. at 12.55am i rolled over in bed and my waters broke - no further induction methods were used. by 1.00am i was in active labour and DD was born vaginally with no assistance, no tears at 8.00am (21/01/09)
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